Rooted and Grounded: Essays on Land and Christian Discipleship (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781498235563)

For many of us, the connection between the ecological crisis and humanity's detachment from the land is becoming increasingly clear. In biblical terms, adam (humanity) has severed itself from the adamah (soil), and we (creation) are reaping the consequences. This collection of essays, and the conference from which it took shape, calls the church to root itself more deeply in the agrarian biblical text and ecclesial tradition in order to remember and freshly imagine ways of living on and with the land that are restorative, reconciling, and faithful to the triune God's invitation to new life in Christ. When we listen attentively to and patiently learn from the biblical text, church history, and theology, the land itself can become a conversation partner, and we are summoned to recognize that the gospel is reserved not simply for humanity, but for the whole of creation.

Author: Ryan D. Harker
ISBN-10: 1498235565
ISBN-13: 9781498235563
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2016
Pages: 282
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d